Blood Rights by Kristen Painter

Blood Rights (House of Comarré, #1)

by Kristen Painter

Gothic fantasy meets vampire fiction in this debut novel from Kristen Painter -- full of politics, intrigue, and blood.

Born into a life of secrets and service, Chrysabelle's body bears the telltale marks of a comarre -- a special race of humans bred to feed vampire nobility. When her patron is murdered, she becomes the prime suspect, which sends her running into the mortal world. . .and into the arms of Malkolm, an outcast vampire cursed to kill every being from whom he drinks.

Now, Chrysabelle and Malkolm must work together to stop a plot to merge the mortal and supernatural worlds. If they fail, a chaos unlike anything anyone has ever seen will threaten to reign.

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Actual rating: 3.5

Original review: http://onabookbender.com/2012/02/08/mini-review-blood-rights-by-kristen-painter/

Blood Rights has been recommended all over the place. I picked it up during Bout of Books, but my reading enjoyment got interrupted by some work, and I think that I may have enjoyed it more, had I not read it in small bits and pieces. There seemed to be a lot of world building and setting up of the story, and while I liked the thoroughness of it, it took longer for me to become engrossed in the story. In some ways, Blood Rights reminds me of J.R. Ward’s Black Dagger Brotherhood series in the sense that it focuses on many other characters besides the main characters. I don’t mind this, but it did seem to make it more difficult (or, longer) to connect with the characters. On the other hand, the focus on other characters makes me more attached to their stories and what happens to them in the long run.

I loved the idea of the Comarré (as the synopsis reads: a special race of humans bred to feed vampire nobility). It is brilliant and original. I want to know more. Blood Rights ends on a note that will have you wanting the next books in the series, without leaving on too much of a cliffhanger. There were a few things that I figured out before they were revealed, though I don’t know if that’s because it was predictable, or if I was just on my game. I prefer to think the latter. I will definitely be continuing the series once I get my hands on Flesh and Blood.

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